For all their flaws — terrible defensive rebounding, lack of rim-protection, minimal playoff experience — the Charlotte Hornets could always count on one thing this season:
Astounding poise down the stretch of close games.
They can’t count on that anymore. And they know it.
“We’ve been doing so well in clutch situations all year. It’s kind of foreign to be losing these close games,” said Hornets forward Miles Bridges after a 118-109 overtime loss to the New York Knicks.
The Hornets came back from 18 down and had the last possession of regulation.